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A research team led by the University of Texas at Austin (UT) is collaborating with nine natural gas producers on a major field study to measure methane emissions at onshore gas well sites, about which only a handful of empirical data exist.

A coalition of energy groups and other stakeholders on Thursday called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to provide the industry with guidance to calculate the “notional amount” of certain commodity swaps, a prerequisite to determine which entities will be subject to or exempt from the new regulations under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Customer Protection Act.

A coalition of mostly energy groups Thursday called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to provide the industry with guidance for calculating the “notional amount” of certain commodity swaps, a prerequisite to determining which entities will be subject to or exempt from the new regulations under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Customer Protection Act.

Natural gas groups last week touted the Obama administration’s new standards that would require automakers to increase the average fuel efficiency of new cars and light-duty trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2025, nearly double that of cars currently on the road.

Natural gas groups Tuesday expressed their support for the Obama administration’s new standards requiring automakers to increase the average fuel efficiency of new cars and light-duty trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2025, nearly double that of cars currently on the road.

For global unconventional natural gas to reach its full potential, the energy industry has to be willing to work with regulators and conservation groups to address legitimate concerns, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told an audience recently at Rice University’s Baker Institute in Houston.

For global unconventional natural gas to reach its full potential, the energy industry has to be willing to work with regulators and conservation groups to address legitimate concerns, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told an audience Friday at Rice University’s Baker Institute in Houston.

Former Colorado Assistant Attorney General Matthew Lepore on Monday took the reins as director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC).

Landowner groups in Ohio say they are battling it out with Chesapeake Energy Corp., the largest leaseholder in the Utica Shale, over the company’s attempts to renegotiate leases to expand acreage and increase the size of drilling units. The landowners claim landmen are going door to door, trying to pressure them into signing on for larger drilling units so Chesapeake doesn’t have to drill as many wells to hold onto its acreage.